November 10 Montréal ADGQ filed a […]
When
1978-11-10
Description
November 10 Montréal ADGQ filed a complaint with the Québec Human Rights Commission against Québec Liberal party leader Claude Ryan after Ryan commented in the magazine L'Actualité that one of the reasons for his marriage was that he did not want to "passer pour un maudit homosexuel" ("pass for a damned homosexual"). The commission dismissed the complaint in 1979 after it concluded the remark was an innocent joke.
All Places
MontrealAll People
Claude RyanAll Organizations
Liberal Party of CanadaQuébec Human Rights CommissionThe Comité homosexuel anti-repression/Gay Coalition against Repression CHAR GCAR, Association pour les droits des gai(e)s du Québec ADGQ, L’association pour les droits de la communauté gaie du Québec ADGQAll Periodicals
L’Actualite-GaieAll Citations
Stuart Russell, "It Was Only a Joke, Says Rights Inquiry," Body Politic, no. 55 (1979), p. 14."Une blague de Claude Ryan," Le Berdache, no. 1 (June 1979), p. 7Benoît Aubin, "Le Père Ryan, ou la tentation du pouvoir," L'Actualité, February 1978, pp. 34–38, 52
